Happiness Ladies (1930)

When she moves to Paris to take a job at her uncle's family-run fabric shop, young orphan Denise (Dita Parlo) instead finds herself lured into a job at the competition: a sparkly new department store, where she also falls in love with her boss. But when her new employer declares that he intends to run her uncle out of business, Denise faces a dire choice. Julien Duvivier directs this visually innovative, silent melodrama.